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Stolen Heir by Sophie Lark

27 reviews

jennh96's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

spatterson7's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

bellebookcorner's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Stolen Heir has a beauty and the beast vibes but darker and more ruthless set in modern time. 

 

I love seeing some of the artwork insides that portrayed some of the scenes here, it’s very beautiful! 

The pacing is a little bit slow at first to give room for the main characters to develop feelings towards one another. 

 

I do enjoy seeing Nessa’ character grow from the spoiled and innocent little girl to a more daring and confident kind of girl after meeting Miko. 

I like Nessa’s love for dancing, my favorite part is when Nessa and Miko dances together for the first time. 

 

Overall, it’s pretty enjoyable to read if you can suspend disbelief while reading this and just go with the plot. 

I would also highly  suggest checking out the trigger warnings listed below because some parts may be sensitive to some readers. 

Nevertheless, I’m excited to continue this series and read Nero’s story next! 

 

I received an advanced review copy for free through Netgalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. Huge thank you to the author and publisher!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Torture and Stalking

hanschub's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i’ve only read two of the books in the brutal birthright series thus far, but i wish there was more to the individual stories themselves. although this was a fast read, some parts felt slow and there was definitely room for more character building/emotion discovery. i really liked this one, but it’s getting 4/5 stars because it’s lacking (?) a little. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Torture, Medical content, and Stalking

julianacosta_01's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Rape

bblanka's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

quietmarki's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! Very toxic , but loved it :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

booksalacarte's review against another edition

hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

2.5⭐️ 3🌶️

Mafia dark romance
Beauty and the beast retelling
Enemies to lovers
Professional ballerina
Opposites attract
“Touch her and die”


The writing is really stilted int he beginning. Maybe it’s the dual first person POV. And it’s needlessly repetitive. Something said in chapter 2 is almost verbatim in chapter 6. 

The monotonous replay of a specific scene in the other POV in first person isn’t interesting, it’s boring. 

The characters are under developed. There is such potential, but their character arcs are rushed and their relationship arc hardly goes beyond Stockholm syndrome. Their on page interactions are very few, making their relationship seem very immature. There is very little on page tension because they hardly ever interact. 

But it was a quick and easy read.



Thank you NetGalley and Bloom Books/Sourcebooks for an Advanced Reader Copy of the ebook in return for an honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

maralmao's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Stalking

__romancereader__'s review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I loved this book i think this one is my favorite so far in the series so Stolen heir is my number 1 and Brutal prince is my number 2 so far i cannot wait to read the rest of these books i loved the beauty in the beast things that were happening in this book i don't really know if that makes sense i hope it does i did also really love that Mikolaj was her first ifykyk and her last ofc these books are very good i read them fast there good story's i love the couples in these books so far i loved how even trying to hate Nessa in the beginning Miko still wouldn’t let none of his men touch her or even think about hurting her i love these crazy things that happen at the end but go by fast it gives me enough time to enjoy the ending without my anxiety kicking in this book was so good i love how in these books so far also you get to meet the next book’s character in it overall i lived this book the most and i rated it obviously five stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Not all content warnings are about the main characters some are and some are about the characters you meet/hear in the book 🫶🏼🫶🏼🥰🥰Enjoy